July, 2020

• 6 July

  Peace in Knowing the Author

  

  Little Golden Books made their debut in 1942, their colorful pages full of characters who learned important lessons worth passing on to children everywhere. In the middle of the story books, the animals, or children, cars or tugboats withing the pages would find themselves going through twists and turns, making ...

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• 1 July

  When God Answers Our Prayers, We Shall Fear Him

  

  Exodus 14:15-16: Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground…” Exodus 14:31 ...

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June, 2020

• 29 June

  What God Won’t Erase

  

  Getting new school supplies is a ritual most children look forward to as the lazy days of summer wind down and the August calendar brings a new year of study and schedules. Pencils finely sharpened, new boxes of brilliant-colored crayons, bottles of school glue, and those large pink Pearl Erasers ...

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• 22 June

  The Sweetest Fragrance

  

  Our senses are a gift from God. Through sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound we experience life. Through our sense of smell, we remember. Rich tulips remind me of springtime when I was a little girl, the days warming in invitation to come out and play. The heavy scent of ...

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• 15 June

  Trust the Potter

  

  Remember opening a new can of Play-Doh?  The first thing most of us remember about the childhood delight is its smell. It was a can of colorful fun, a rite of passage for our little hands–and noses!   The soft, unusually-scented, brightly colored doughs were fun to form into shapes using ...

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• 12 June

  Identifying the Adversary in a Nation Gone Bonkers

  

  What has happened to America? No, What has happened to the “United” States of America? Aren’t we supposed to be united? Isn’t that how we progress? Isn’t it supposed to be “United We Stand, Divided We Fall” or does this not apply anymore? I have so many questions about the ...

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• 9 June

  A Racist’s Testimony to God’s Transforming Power

  

  Proverbs 16: 6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;  through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.   I say in anger: You will not truly feel the pain of the despised until you feel your own pain of being despised. But Abba Father God gently ...

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• 8 June

  Is Your Name Written in the Right Book?

  

  I remember the old television drama Hawaii Five-0, from my childhood. Beginning in 1968, Detective Captain Steve McGarrett put his life on the line, along with his officers, fighting crime in the nation’s 50th state. The show left its mark on our culture: “5-0” is now the term used for ...

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• 1 June

  Are We There Yet?

  

  How many times did you ask that question from the back seat of the family car growing up? I remember the look us kids would get from my mom when we’d ask, “are we there yet?” Our family traveled from Illinois to Indiana in the summers of my childhood, driving ...

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May, 2020

• 31 May

  The Precious Name of Jesus

  

  The precious name of Jesus is all I can say. How many of you can say that name and mean it. He’s God all by himself. Tonight, like no other night, God is yanking on me. My tears will not stop flowing because when I think of His goodness I ...

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